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[Barry Tetra]

I need an article to read about the followings;
(please send me the link, not the normal google article but the Textbook kind)

1. GH, KH and why it's nescessary?
2. Beneficial Bacteria doesn't live in water but in substrate and filter
3. Blackwater wild discus stuff???
4. Blackwater Biotope?


@Colin_T @AbbeysDad

 

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Water Parameters: Everything about GH in Shrimp Tank - Shrimp and Snail Breeder

General Hardness (GH or Total Hardness) is an important water parameter to shrimp keeping and breeding. Unfortunately, Carbonate Hardness (KH) and General Hardness (GH) are commonly confused. General Hardness (GH) represents the overall concentration of salts (calcium, magnesium, iron, etc.) but...

aquariumbreeder.com

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Blackwater Aquariums: How to Setup a Biotope Tank

If you’re looking for a new type of aquarium challenge, I suggest a blackwater aquarium! Blackwater? You may be thinking this doesn’t sound like an attractive aquarium. Maybe it sounds a little mysterious. Want to know more? I’ll explain what a blackwater aquarium is, why you want it and how to...

fishtankadvisor.com

Effect of low pH exposure on Na+ regulation in two cichlid fish species of the Amazon

We evaluated the effects of acute exposure to low pH on Na+ regulation in two Amazon cichlids collected from natural ion-poor “blackwaters”, angelfish…

www.sciencedirect.com

Triportheus albus Cope, 1872 in the Blackwater, Clearwater, and Whitewater of the Amazon: A Case of Phenotypic Plasticity?

The Amazon basin includes 1000s of bodies of water, that are sorted according to their color in three types: blackwater, clearwater, and whitewater, which significantly differ in terms of their physicochemical parameters. More than 3,000 species of fish ...

www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

 

[Colin_T]

I can't help, I don't have any books or magazines left. Although there might be some info in Baensch's Atlas volume 1

 

[Barry Tetra]

I can't help, I don't have any books or magazines left. Although there might be some info in Baensch's Atlas volume 1

Is there any book you can recommended as I hate to read it from online, it hurts my eyes and books are more interesting tbh.

I wanted to know about wwater chemistry and biotope aquarium build

 

[Colin_T]

Baensch's Atlas vol 1 is a book that has water chemistry, diseases, plants, and a heap of other stuff. Not sure if it has biotopes coz its been yrs since I looked in my book.

 

[Barry Tetra]

Do you think this book is worth it for €100?
really expensive @Colin_T

Bleher's Biotopes – BAP

Bleher Biotopes by H. Bleher: 460 pages, 50 countries, 910 expeditions, 500 aquatic biotopes with GPS, 2500 fishes and 500 aquatic plants.

biotopeaquariumproject.com

If not where can I learn about biotope? It’s really hard to find a natural aquarium type book as all of them I’ve found in the library or bookstore are the planted one by Amano

And lastly, Online book store are really expensive, it’s not the book that is expensive, it’s the shipping fees ($40 for shipping, seriously?!)

 

[Colin_T]

I'm not sure if it's worth 100 euros or whatever it is. I had books that cost $500+ each and I thought they were worth the money because they had the information I wanted. However, the biotope book might be mainly pictures and might not have much information. If that is the case then no it's not worth that much. But if it has lots of information about biotopes, then it is probably worth it.

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Most waterways are the same all around the world. The only difference is the species of fishes and plants in them.

Some waterways have a thick layer of silt on the bottom, with brown tannin stained water, various grasses growing along the banks and trees overhanging the water in some areas. There might be driftwood from tree branches that have fallen into the river and that is about it.

Other waterways might have faster flowing water and little to no silt. There will be sand on the bottom and maybe rocks and driftwood. The water could be clear or tannin stained.

Most waterways have a reasonably shallow water depth but there are deeper pools along the length of the river.

There are lakes, which can be shallow or deep (or both) and have sand, silt or rocks on the bottom.

Floodplains are low lying areas that dry out in summer and fill up during the wet season. They have grasses and plants in them and many of the plants die when the water dries up but their seeds germinate and sprout when it rains. Some floodplains will become a mass of water plants during the wet season and you literally can't move through them because there are so many plants in the water. These areas are usually home to frogs and various aquatic crustaceans and insects they breed up while there is water, then they die but leave dormant eggs behind, and these hatch the following wet season.

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If you want to know about biotopes, the easiest way is to go out and find a creek or river and follow it from one end to the other. That's what I used to do. Drive to a river or creek out in the country and put my waders (big plastic/ rubber overalls with boots) on and walk up the creek. I had a net and bucket with me and used to sample weed beds as I walked along. They all fall into the categories listed above.